They yelled in horror from left to right, but there was no time to make any move.
As soon as Zhao Pan finished speaking, he saw an iron arrow coming. He subconsciously wanted to dodge, but his body couldn't keep up with the speed of his thinking.
An arrow hit the chest and shot Zhao Pan over. He fell to the ground dead, with one foot still hanging in the stirrup. The horse was frightened and immediately ran away, dragging Zhao Pan's body for dozens of steps.
Only then did he finally separate from the stirrup.
All the thieves were shocked and stood on the spot.
This is the younger brother of military advisor Zhao Hao. As long as he captures a few more villages and towns and enslaves countless people, he will be a powerful commander commanding thousands of troops.
He was actually shot to death by a Juren single-handedly!
And this is nearly two hundred steps. In the Ming Dynasty, one step was about 1.2 meters. Two hundred steps is 240 meters, which is far beyond the effective range of ordinary bows and arrows. Calculated based on a stone bow, it can shoot up to 200 meters, but the effective range is at most
130 meters.
This motherfucker is using a two-stone bow?
The leader was surprised and murmured: "I told you that this guy has great archery skills, but General Zhao just didn't listen!"
The second master was dumbfounded: "They say a hundred steps can pierce a poplar, but this bird can lift a man and shoot two hundred steps."
"There can't be two hundred steps, at most a hundred steps." the master said.
The second master argued: "It must be two hundred steps away. I can't hear the shouts clearly. I can only see someone riding a horse over there. I can't even see carefully. He can actually shoot General Zhao!"
The boss sighed with emotion: "This thief has really good eyesight."
"Shut up!"
The deputy general of the rebel army scolded and said to another person: "Go and get General Zhao's body back."
The man immediately galloped out on horseback and ran to Zhao Pan's body. As soon as he dismounted, another arrow was fired, and he went to the underworld with General Zhao to report.
The deputy general was so frightened that he immediately turned back to the camp and said to the leader of the horse bandits: "Go!"
The boss pointed at a subordinate: "You go!"
The horse bandit was trembling all over. He bravely rode out of the camp. Halfway through, he turned and ran toward the northwest. As he ran, he shouted: "Don't shoot arrows when you are a gentleman. I will no longer rebel. I want to go home and farm the land and be a good citizen!"
Wang Yuan put down his bow and arrow, dumbfounded.
The rebels were also stunned, and the leader shouted: "Gong Wu, you are unjust!"
The horse bandit replied: "The boss is so unjust that he asked me to die."
In the blink of an eye, the horse bandit who wanted to be a good citizen disappeared on horseback without a trace.
Another rebel leader said: "Send two young men (the residents of the small town who were kidnapped) out and carry General Zhao's body back."
“It’s not that troublesome!”
The deputy general of the rebel army said angrily: "Leave fifty cavalry to guard Qingzhuang, and the others will charge with me. How many arrows can he shoot in a hurry?"
Wang Yuan only had three arrows left. Excluding killing two birds with one arrow, he could kill at most three people.
The thieves rushed out of the camp in a swarm, creating a mess.
Only a few are long-standing horse bandits, and most of them are bandits or farmers. Last month, they took refuge with Liu Liu and Liu Qi and captured the official ranch of Xiongzhou and Bazhou. Only then did they change from infantry to cavalry.
In other words, more than 70% of the more than 200 bandits who came out of the camp had just learned to ride a horse.
The real elite of the rebel army are led by Yang Hu, Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others. Wang Yuan is facing a group of rotten fish and shrimps. But if they are allowed to cause trouble for half a year, they will become veterans, and they will definitely become veterans by then.
More difficult to deal with.
"Kill with me!" the deputy general of the rebel army shouted, brandishing his sword.
Wang Yuan was not in a hurry to take action. After all, the distance was too far and it was a moving target. He was not completely sure of hitting it.
Some of the thieves actually played horseback shooting, using the speed of their horses to raise their hands and throw the arrows. The arrows landed at random points, and the arrow closest to Wang Yuan was seven or eight steps away.
About a hundred paces away, Wang Yuan suddenly fired an arrow, hit his horse and ran away without looking back.
"ah!"
After all, it was a high-speed moving target. The deputy general screamed and was only hit in the shoulder.
But the impact of the two stone bows, combined with the speed of the horse charging with all its strength, combined with the two, made the general feel that half of his body was numb, and he fell from his horse to the ground as soon as the tiger's jaw was released.
"Fan Yaozi is dead!" someone shouted in horror.
"Kill this guy and avenge General Zhao and Fan Yaozi!" Another person shouted, but he was an old bandit.
Wang Yuan galloped for a while, then turned around and shot another bandit with an arrow.
I didn't dare to shoot anymore. I only had one arrow left, which I had to keep for emergencies.
This greatly boosted the morale of the thieves, and they all shouted: "He has no arrows, he has no arrows! Hurry up and catch up!"
Soon the morale of the rebel army dropped again, because the distance was getting farther and farther, and Wang Yuan's horse was so fast that they could not catch up.
After chasing for a while, the thieves stopped one after another because there was no point in pursuing them any longer.
If you drive a Wuling Hongguang and try to chase top sports cars on the track, you are simply humiliating yourself.
The bandits returned along the official road, but Wang Yuan stopped running away. He actually turned his horse's head, turned around and chased the two hundred bandits, shouting: "Thieves, don't run away!"
As expected, the bandits did not escape, but stopped and waited for Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan also stopped and faced them hundreds of steps away.
"Come here if you dare!" One of the bandits was so angry.
Wang Yuan reined in his horse and stood quietly, too lazy to speak.
Another bandit said: "Don't worry about him. Hurry up and load the rich woman on the ship and escort the young man to Baoding to join the army!"
"Yes, yes, yes, don't pay attention to this lunatic." Someone echoed.
Zhao Hao, the bandit's military advisor, was also a madman, known as "Madman Zhao" or "Crazy Scholar". This guy was both civilized and military, but it was a pity that he joined the rebel army.
Of course, Zhao Hao still had some pursuits, and he tried his best to suppress the rebels and not kill indiscriminately.
But, he couldn't be restrained at all, even his own brother led troops to massacre innocent people.
Probably because he felt that Liu Liu and Liu Qi were too cruel, Zhao Hao later followed Yang Hu and did not commit any crimes against the common people. He even arrested the prefect of Huai'an. After interrogation, no evil deeds were found, so he released the prefect. The same was true for attacking the city.
Zhao Hao went directly around the city of the hometown of a certain loyal minister. When he arrived at the hometown of a corrupt official or eunuch, he not only attacked the city, but also burned the corrupt official's house and tore up the eunuch's ancestral grave.
Because of this, Yang Hu is deeply loved by people everywhere. History records that "(the people) are willing to provide food, grass, weapons, and weapons because of the people. There are many people who abandon their homes and join the chaos." This is a true rebel army that only kills corrupt officials.
The common people regard dirty officials and powerful and evil gentry as their own.
As for Liu Liu and Liu Qi, they were called "Liu Li Liu Qi" by the common people because they were more cruel than the officials. In the end, it evolved into a secular idiom.
"Ruoxu, I'm bringing someone here!" Zou Mu suddenly shouted.
Wang Yuan turned around and took a look, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Just these five people?"
Zou Mu explained: "They are all Jinyiwei spies."
Some of the 12th Battalion in Beijing were transferred to Shandong last winter to quell the rebellion.
As a result, Yang Hu from Shandong led his troops in circles and came to Hebei to join forces with Liu Liu and Liu Qi. He also robbed the prison and rescued the Hebei hero Qi Yanming.
The three parties gathered together to conquer Xiongzhou, Bazhou and other places. This frightened the princes in the court, which was only 200 miles away from the capital, and they quickly mobilized the army to clear it out.
The guards around the capital, as well as some of the capital camps, joined forces to attack Bazhou.
The rebel army immediately withdrew to Jingzhou and deceived the officers and soldiers from North Zhili and Shandong. Before the officers and soldiers could attack from the north and south, the rebel army took advantage of their superior numbers and sent troops to attack Baoding Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture.
Heading towards the capital.
Now, a large number of officers and soldiers have gathered in Jingzhou, and they will not be able to get there for a while.
The capital side does not dare to mobilize easily, and must retain sufficient troops to guard Beijing.
Zou Mu reported the military situation overnight and was hung up in a basket by the defenders. He heard that rebels had appeared twenty miles south of Beijing. The Wucheng Military and Horse Department did not care about matters outside the city and could only report to superiors at all levels. As a result, Nanzhen Fu
Si sent five spies and asked Zou Mu to lead the way here.
Wang Yuan pointed forward and said: "The thieves have finished loading the ship and are about to transport the property away."
The leading spy, Xiaoqi, a member of the Imperial Guard, asked: "My husband, do you know how many bandits there are?"
Wang Yuan said: "About two to three hundred, all of them are cavalry. However, all the young men in the town have been kidnapped. When they go elsewhere, most of these young men will turn into bandits. What are you going to do?"
The Xiaoqi replied: "Leave two people to continue to follow and monitor, send one person back to Beijing to report the military situation, and the remaining two are responsible for liaison."
"Just ignore these good people who are being held hostage?" Wang Yuan asked.
Xiaoqi smiled bitterly and said: "How to control it? We can only wait for the imperial court to dispatch an army to clear it up."
Wang Yuan spread his hands and said, "Give me all your quivers."
"What do you want to do?" Xiaoqi asked.
Wang Yuan was too lazy to explain, so he pulled out the Dragon Bird Sword and placed it on Xiao Qi's neck: "Give me the arrow."
The expressions of the five Jin Yiwei suddenly changed drastically. Xiao Qi said nervously: "My husband, please don't make fun of me."
Wang Yuan stared at this man without speaking.
Xiao Qi could only take off his quiver and hand it to Wang Yuan, and the other four did the same.
"excuse me."
Wang Yuan, carrying ten quivers on his back, suddenly got on his horse and rushed towards the rebel camp.
"Is he crazy?" the five Jinyiwei spies exclaimed.
The reaction of the rebels was similar, they also shouted: "The madman is here again!"